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Kueka Lake is one of the coolest Finger Lakes because it breaks with the motif and looks more like a “y.” The prime lakeside real estate, naturally, is on the peninsula that runs down the middle. We never made it out there. Instead we drove around the entire mass taking East Lake Road from Hammondsport up to Penn Yan. Whenever possible we hugged the shore on the old lake road. We stopped about halfway up at the Switzerland Inn (above). We sat out on the deck and the waitress gave a menu. We couldn’t find anything we wanted to eat on the menu and we weren’t really hungry so after the third time she asked if she could get us something we ordered a beer.

We continued on, writing down phone numbers for rental properties when the cottage looked particularly funky. Up in Penn Yan we rented a plastic kayak, something made by Hobie and called the “Mirage Oasis,” a whole new category of watercraft. It took us a bit to get the hang of it but pretty soon were picking targets on the shore and aiming the boat directly at them. We swam near the water treatment plant.

Back on the road we pointed the car toward Clifton Springs, another well preserved town that time didn’t so much forget but managed to keep the mucky-muck out. We walked the covered sidewalks and visited the “Wildroot Show” at Main Street Arts. We were the first customers at the Warfield restaurant, across the street, and we sat on the patio in the garden. We hardly left home and it was all like dream.

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